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Update courtesy of Greater Portland Landmarks Historic Tax Credit Provisions REMOVED from bill! Last week, a new iteration of the...
Read Article How Contractors Can Avoid 10 Common Exit Planning Mistakes
by David Jean, CPA, CCIFP, CExP, Principal at Albin, Randall & Bennett Exiting your business requires long-term, comprehensive planning, whether you...
Read Article Capital Markets: Where do we stand and where are we going?
By Jon Rizzo, Partner, The Boulos Company As we stand today, investment properties are in high demand, which is a...
Read Article Like-Kind Exchanges Present a Number of Tax Deferral Options Part 3 of 3
By S. Andrew Smith, CPA, Principal, Baker Newman Noyes This article is the last in a 3-part series on the...
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Opinions of Value – and why they differ
So you ask a simple question “What’s my property worth?”. Depending on whom you ask, the answer may be given...
Read Article Fired for being Canadian?!? That’s OUTRAGEOUS!
An employee, alleging he was fired for being Canadian, took his employer to the Maine Human Rights Commission to contest his dismissal....
Read Article How a lease agreement can make or break your business
I was recently listening to a podcast interview with a blogger who specializes in social media. She stressed the importance...
Read Article Maine Supreme Court Upholds Conditional Rezoning: What it means for Real Estate
The Maine Supreme Court issued a decision last week that upheld the conditional rezoning of Williston-West Church in Portland. In Charles...
Read Article Pitfalls at the Intersection of Income & Estate Tax: Planning for Real Estate
Baker Newman Noyes Tax Principal Jean McDevitt recently joined MEREDA members for breakfast to present factors that must be taken...
Read Article Changing the Status Quo of Investing with a Self Directed Retirement Account (SDRA)
Bachelder, along with Jean McDevitt of Baker Newman Noyes recently joined MEREDA members for breakfast to co-present on ways to protect...
Read Article Design the right time for building technology
Commercial building developers need to consider all of the factors that make a building attractive to potential tenants, and one...
Read Article Real Estate Professionals – Planning Around the Passive Activity Loss Rules
Under the passive activity loss (PAL) rules, rental activities are generally considered passive activities with few exceptions. Consequently, many taxpayers...
Read Article Downtown vs the suburbs: How office markets need to change with the times
Office property fundamentals have steadily improved during the economic recovery. However, the office market will face some very unique challenges...
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